I will stand up for our SAUSD teachers and classified staff!
Every morning I drop off my son Jacob at John Muir Fundamental Elementary School. We have to park and walk and as we do so we always stop and greet…
Will new video about the dreadful SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji go viral?
A new video about the dreadful 20 year career of SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji has been released by the campaign of SAUSD candidate Art Pedroza. In the video Pedroza excoriates…
Amazing teacher quits the SAUSD and runs for the School Board as a write-in candidate
Richard Tran is not just a teacher. He is one of those teachers that students remember - forever. Born and raised in Santa Ana, Tran is a product of the…
Art Pedroza’s school board campaign signs will be ready by this Friday
Thank you to those of you who have been sending in contributions. We ordered our campaign signs and they will be ready by this Friday. Our competitors' signs are already…
Russo and Yamagata-Noji pontificate at Solorio’s Education Forum
I attended the education forum hosted by Assemblyman Jose Solorio last night. Not much was accomplished. SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo and Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji tried to spin that all is…
Why aren’t there any SAUSD School Board candidates debates this year?
Two years ago, when there were nine candidates running for three seats on the Santa Ana Unified School District's (SAUSD) School Board, there were numerous debates all over town. I…
Assemblyman Jose Solorio to hold an education forum on Oct. 18, in Santa Ana
California State Assemblyman Jose Solorio invites you to an Education Forum How Can Santa Ana Schools Do Better? Are They Making Progress? What Can You Do To Help? Monday, October 18,…
Are you waiting for Superman in Santa Ana?
Have you seen the documentary "Waiting for Superman?" It chronicles the heartbreak that five children and their families face as they try to get into the best schools available to…
O.C. Register publishes SAUSD voter guide
The O.C. Register has published their voter guide, online, at this link. One of the candidates for the Santa Ana Unified School District, Jeffrey K. Morris, did not bother to…
Race for the top was an epic fail for English learners, so of course the SAUSD applied for it
Three civil rights groups contend the U.S. Department of Education failed to give adequate attention to the needs of English-language learners in the $3.4 billion Race to the Top state…
SAUSD School Board election update
Yamagata-Noji pandered for votes at the Fiestas Patrias parade Things have been rather quiet in this year's Santa Ana Unified School District Board elections. This year, as opposed to two…
SAUSD’s Carl Harvey Elementary School achieves ‘National Blue Ribbon’ Status
SANTA ANA, CA — September 9, 2010 - Santa Ana Unified School District's (SAUSD) Carl Harvey Elementary School has been selected as a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School. U.S. Secretary…
National school meal program offered to all students at 18 Santa Ana schools
National School Meal Program Offered to All Students at 18 Santa Ana Schools SANTA ANA, CA – August 31, 2010 – Students at 18 Santa Ana schools will receive free…
SAUSD response to 2010 STAR test results is pure spin
Success is the Standard, except when it isn't... As I expected, SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo is spinning the results of the latest STAR test results like a top. As I…
Will the taxpayers have to pay SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji over $200K per year in retirement?
I have helped, over the past few years, to get rid of two "double-dippers" on the Coast Community College District's Board of Education, Armando Ruiz and Walt Howald. These guys…